Upper airway compromise by extravasated fluid: A rare complication after arthroscopic repair of atrophic cuff tear

Orthopedics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 776-778

  Venkat, Gorthi ^a   Moon, Young Lae ^a   Na, Woong Chae ^a   So, Keum Young ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; EXTRAVASATION; EXTUBATION; FACE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARAMETER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SWELLING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WEAKNESS;

EID: 70450197234     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20090818-32     Document Type: Article

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